The Women Who Saved Mount Vernon
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- The Mount Vernon estate would not exist today if it were not for the efforts of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association. Founded in 1853, it was the first preservation group in America. This short film explores the history behind these amazing women who saved one of Americas most important landmarks.
The Birth of Preservation in America - Mount Vernon Ladies Association
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So GRATEFULfor the
Mount Vernon Ladies
US History at its best 🇺🇸
Thank all you women who saved Mount Vernon. what a wonderful piece of history.
Amazing thank you to all those women and everyone who made the preservation possible a great treasure that CAN NOT be lost! 🇺🇸⚒🇺🇲
Is it normal that I started to tear up over this ? I did. I love Mt Vernon. ❤️
It’s beautiful. These ladies were wise and persistent to save Mt. Vernon as an one of this nations most important historical sites.
I have learned in the last few years through DNA testing that I am a direct descendant of Anne Washington Wright, the President's great aunt. It breaks my heart that my father did not live to find this information out. During my teenage years, we took a family vacation to Mount Vernon. I think about that now, and the fact that he had no clue of his relationship to the Washington family. I am very grateful to these women for preserving this historic home which is a part of my heritage - Diane.
How exciting, Diane. Yes, no doubt your father would have been delighted to know this. I can only imagine your sadness he never knew...I'm sorry.
I discovered last year Lady Diana's family are also distant cousins to our President.
@@janepatterson6779 Yes, I am a Spencer descendant also - the Spencer family upholds their relationship to the Washingtons. It made me sick when Princess Diana was killed in that automobile accident. She was just getting her life back together, and that had to happen. What a shame - Diane.
Can it be discussed with her the property wasn't going untamed purposefully, west Ford took care of the land before they came along and it was under his contribution the ladies was able to restore it .
Anne Washington Wright is my 9th Great Grandmother who married Francis Wright.
My Mother, Sister and I also took a trip to Virginia to visit family before what we first thought we were related through marriage to George Washington untill this year of 2020 I contacted my 3rd cousin to help me in confirming a different ancester on confusion on the family and tree and she has a website which listed the connections of the Washington and Wright family connection following a number of other surnames. Mine is from Wright, Young, McCrary, and Battle to the Hamptons of Alabama.
My husband was in the Presidential Graud at Ft Myers Va . 1977-79 ,we toured Mount Vernon and all the other Historic Homes and sites in and around DC ! Looking off the porch of Mt.Vernon and down to the River you could feel the History and could imagine the past! One of my favorite places I ever visited! I am very happy these ladies saved this wonderful historic home!
Thank you for sharing! We are all delighted that we could provide you with such a meaningful experience at Washington’s beloved estate. Lots has changed since the 70s and we'd love for you to come and check it out!
I really hope I get to make it to see this beautiful place!I'm going to have to start putting more effort and make it a point to make myself make it there..this is history that I don't want to miss out on.
These women did a wonderful thing for history!
It's a gift that we should never take for granted. A platform for us to tell the very best stories of the Washingtons, Mount Vernon, and all who lived there. We're proud to be part of the continuing legacy.
Amazing history it is!
Mr. Washington was a self-made man to say the least. However, to become the essential man he was, ✨& Miss Martha Dandridge’s care are just as worthy of adulation and reverence. For any mature woman to recognize nobility, she had to be one. Miss Washington was a brilliant woman 🌺
Mount Vernon belonged to Martha before George got involved in it.
Doing the war of 1812, a British fleet was heading up to Alexandra VA for military action. The commanding officer of that fleet when passing Mount Vernon had some ships fire a cannon salute to the estate as a token of respect to a gentlemen (English word for a man of means and great respect of equal.) Thus, even enemies gave honor to the greatest founding father.
Amazing story. Thank goodness for Ms. Cunningham. To think such a great man was happiest being a farmer and in his garden.
The Mount Vernon Ladies Association showed great foresight in saving this historic landmark. Thank the lord they were able to purchase this historic landmark, and it never fell into the hands of the Federal Government.
Thank God for people who love history enough to go through these efforts to maintain original pieces of our nation’s beginnings. I’m grateful for their hard work. George Washington of all people deserves to be remembered and respected.
I live 10 minutes away from Mt. Vernon and visit with my students every year. It's a great experience! I love when I'm able to explore on my own too.
Beautiful documentary. Thank you the ladies Association for what you have done for America🇺🇸
A rather humble estate for one of the richest men in Virginia and probably America. He could have been King, but he chose to stay a servant of the nation he helped create.
You mean helped invade.
...i never thought of it, i visited Mount Vernon many years ago, it Is comfortable, the stairs woodwork Is so beautiful. I loved the rooms and furniture. I think that big front porch facing the Potomac Is the best reward anybody can have to relax, of course during fall and Summer specially.
@@militzamadrid462 born n raised in Philadelphia. I love to here about our former presidents home. He also had a summer home in germantown, Philadelphia pa lol. What an interesting story. Peace
I have happily supported Mount Vernon for many years now. I applaud all those who, through the many years, have seen to the most wonderful restoration and preservation of this classic home of America's most classic Founding Father. Before I die, I hope to make my own pilgrimage to the estate to touch and take in the glory of America's genesis in the form of our amazing First President.
Thank God for these women, the country will forever owe these Ladies a debt of great gratitude. if we could all remember what President Washington did for us all. A true hero and a man of the highest honor.
I bought this DVD because I am grateful to the Mount Vernon Ladies Association for all of the hard work and dedication required to bring this home to life and maintain it for future generations. In addition, I feel that the story behind this restoration is phenomenal enough to be made into a movie, and I am surprised that no one had done this yet. It has mini series all over it.
I've always said that the story behind saving Mt Vernon should have been made into a miniseries. The chain of events that the newly formed Mt Vernon Ladies Association had to endure is nothing short of amazing. Included are really one of the first movement for Women's Liberation, preserving a legendary American, Civil War, and love story between the caretakers. Maybe one day I will see this story transferred to the screen.
That is a wonderful idea👍 I would watch as well as purchase the series. Get a hold of Mel Gibson if you can. I'll bet he'd do it.🤗
Agree, an exciting mini series! But it would be difficult to find anyone in Hollywood willing to take part in it since most "entertainers," and I use the word loosely, object to our American history finding it racist and distasteful. Or, they would be more likely to participate if they can change the truth to lies.
What a pity..such a marvelous story to be told about inspiring, patriotic American women!!!!
Visiting Mount Vernon is one highlight of my life. I'll. It's stunning. I'll never forget it, and would love to go back.
What a great thing theses ladies have done I love history and especially our American history thank you so very very much
Thanks for watching! If you want to learn more about the woman who lead this movement, Ann Pamela Cunningham we highly suggest this video: th-cam.com/video/bOMM_Oc3Jqo/w-d-xo.html
Visited this year ,mind blowing experiences got goosebumps in every room . Will always cherish this memory.
As American Citizens we are all so fortunate to have had Gerorge Washington to establish our founding Freedoms and Liberties. This is why he is well respected and is The Father of Our Nation.
So grateful to those women...Mt. Vernon is absolutely beautiful
I Love history! Great Documentary, Thank you!
Thank God for these women. Also it was women who saved the Alamo and other historical sights that right now would be parking lots and in ruins or forgotten.
LOVE these strong, independent women !! CHEERS !!
A lot of work but I think even more love...for Washington and our country which he helped build. It gives me alot more appreciation given I live in his namesake state and yes we too have a Mount Vernon albeit a city and not a recreation of the estate in Virginia.
I do believe that he would be quite pleased his estate has endured as it has to this day.
Thank you to all of the Ladies who saved this Our Nations First house.
Amen!
SOOOOOO EDUCATIONAL AND A NICE TRIP INTO THE PAST!! LOVE IT!!
Awesome, wonderful and what a positive example of what people can do when they unite. Mount Vernon is a Place for All Times!
Awesome video. Aimee Washington was one of my great greats grandma from England who would have been one of his great great aunts. The Washingtons at one time were very wealthy in England and Friends of the Spencers. As in Lady Diana. I love history.
Kimberly Bates , we must be distantly related ! I am a direct descendant of GWs sister. Proud of my American heritage. My grandfather was a Texan, yet served in the British Royal Navy. England and America forever entwined ❤️
Thank you wonderful ladies!!!!!🏆👒🤗
I visited with the family back in 1963 and didn't have an appreciation of what I was seeing as a kid.
I worked in DC from 1986 till '91 and visited multiple times and really enjoyed it. Try and visit if you ever get the chance along with the Lee mansion at Arlington.
Absolutely beautiful. Thank you Lady’s
Inspiring I wish Filipinos had the money and inspiration and the will to do this for our heritage sites.
The story of the General's home is awesome. But the (story after the story) of the efforts of the MVLA is equally as inspiring. In a time when history is so important, Mount Vernon is an essential part of teaching that history to the next generation.
Thank you Fred for your kind words.
Absolutely Awesome Miss Cunningham
Regarding Queen Elizabeth II's comment about Mount Vernon being a cottage. All of the mansions in Newport, RI are called "cottages". It's an old term that isn't necessarily disparaging..
yes and yet unlike many historic mansions, Mount Vernon is very homey.
Thankful that the government is not involved with mt. Vernon! GOD PRESERVE OUR FREEDOM AND OUR HISTORY! we always have a lot to learn from our past!
A magnificent and iconic piece of TRUE American history. I couldn't bare the thought of what if it wasn't saved...Thank You to the women who worked so hard to save our First President's home. I can't wait to make a visit with my young ones very soon! 🇺🇸
That Was Such A Great And Meaningful History Story Of The Excellent First President George Washington, Very Good. Thank You For Sharing All Of This Wonderful History For All The Great American People.
I have not been to Mt Vernon yet. I'm hoping to get there next spring. In the meantime, I love these videos. Thank you.
It is well worth the trip, I hope you get to visit. So much history in that area.
Wow I learn something new every day . These women are amazing. I love history , and would love to visit this home .
Lee gorsuch .... it is wonderful to see!
Great discourse. Please update this. So many great things have been done since this was produced.
We are so fortunate to benefit from the actions of these mature foreword thinking women.
This should be shown in 6th grade classrooms all across the country.
Along with the histories of the enslaved people who built Mount Vernon.
I got a chance to visit Mount Vernon when I was on my way to the Boy Scouts National Scout Jamboree in 2005 and we visited all of Washington DC, Mount Vernon and Monticello and that was truly a special trip and special time in my life that I will never forget!! Truly spectacular!!
Good for you, Alex!!!
I am grateful that all of Mt V was preserved, not just part. Knowing and accepting all of our history is vitally important. It is how we overcome evil with grace and goodness, and become more united as Americans. It is of utmost importance that we preserve our history in its entirety not just the parts we like. All.
Beautiful documentary! Thank you to these wonderful women who preserve the most important piece of our history!
I've always said that the story-line behind this story would make an amazing movie or mini series. Can't believe that nobody has done that so far.
The best way that I know how to show respect for the work that these women and those that helps keeps this place going ! I Salute them being a veteran myself it is this the only way that I know how to show it ! Thank you for a great video !
Thank you for this presentation. I never even knew it was Washington’ s home. I love history now.
A beautiful place where The Father of Your Nation lived. Worth preserving. 🇨🇦👍
Thanks for this fantastic video!
What a beautiful, poignant story. Absolutely heroic and what a story it is! Miss Cunningham was the most important person in history that I've never heard of. Thanks state funded education! TH-cam has educated me more than anyone else. George Washington would've been proud 🥲
I visited Mt. Vernon in 1974 on a 7th grade school trip from Birmingham, Alabama. I purchased a bit of pine plaque for my parents. A great childhood memory.
WONDERFUL !!!!!
What a lot of work that must have been when having to renovate and recondition all there including things like the utensils and the gardening tools and gardening machines too. Like one of those old fashioned push lawn mowers. People like Everette Everett, Miss Louisa Dalton Beard Cunningham, Pamela Cunningham, Sarah Tracey and Uptown Herbert sure must have been often busy continuing to renovate the plantation while at the same time welcoming strangers there too. I am sure that Uptown Herbert wasn't at all interested in using only standard already available only from industrial sweat shop green paint at the time to do the renovation work while doing so.
As none of Washington’s presidential residences exist today, Mount Vernon stands as a monument to this monumental leader.
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His picture should be in every classroom! He is the Father of our great country!
I agree he should be in every classroom! Without him there wouldn't be no U.S.A. and as far as slavery Washington new it was bad and he freed he's slaves! God bless Washington and Trump as well!!!!
@Run Gunn From every account, they loved and adored him.
@Run Gunn By all accounts they did. Why can't you face that? You are only thinking of a principal that has changed meaning - you need to start thinking of human beings. Human nature does not change. Washington's slaves had bonafide human relationships with him, his wife and his family and by all accounts, they adored him. Honestly, had I been a slave of his, I would have admired him greatly! You are not seeing the human side of this.
@Run Gunn Run - I am sure that some were unhappy. You have to understand that black people were not considered fully human. Understand? They were not considered fully human, much less peers. You seem outraged that people would have treated their equals in a way that would make them slaves. They were not considered fully human, much less equals. Considering this, they were treated well. You have to educate yourself on this. On the other hand the rest of the world's slave owners were people considered their slaves fully human, just subject to them - this has happened in every society and county the world over and the one place it is still prevalent is Africa. Did you know that warring tribes in Africa took the losers of these wars and sold them to Arab slave traders, so sold them to North, Central and South American buyers? Where is your outrage about that?
@Run Gunn I didn't say that I'd be okay with being a slave - that I would enjoy it, etc. I would admire an admirable person. Did you know that in the Roman world, half the population were slaves?
I love learning about the differences women make in our lives. Brits may not see the grandeur we do, but they never will. Great heritage for a nation.
I understand that a group of ladies were responsible for saving the Pennsylvania State House - Independence Hall in Philadelphia - from destruction.
It's mind blowing and pretty sad that people would let literally one of the most important men in the founding of our country's property and house to rot and go to waist smh...Idk what the hell they was thinking but thank God for these woman...Wish our woman today was as smart and strong and the woman back them...
I read somewhere that residents and visitors at Mount Vernon back in 1861 reported hearing the sound of Union and Confederate cannon fire at the first Battle of Manassas, or Bull Run (30 miles away). It's must have been frightening to hear the dreadful sounds of a major battle only 30 miles away!
If any president deserves a library, it's Washington!!!!
We need him today Thank you to all the ladies through the years that helped preserve this treasure.
George would be so proud and happy if he could only see all this.
I’m sure his slaves would too
@@suzyrottencrotch5132 your right.
Yes, President Washington and Martha I believe would be touched beyond words.."Well done, Ladies, well done, bravo"!
(Leave it to American women to get the job done beautifully and correctly.)
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No doubt some took pride in their hard work, I hope. They are the people who built it and kept it up, right. "Shares" actually and rightfully belonged to them after slavery was abolished...just saying.
Jane Patterson oh they got participation trophy’s ?
Look Awesome I can't wait to vist.......
by the way Edward Everett was the guy that spoke before Lincoln at Gettysburg on 11-19-63 (Think Gettysburg address)!
John C Fremont declared martial law in Missouri and freed the slaves.Lincloln replaced him and rescinded the order because if Missouri and Kentucky had seceded(not to mention Maryland and Delaware)The South would've probably won.So Lincoln played politics and waited until General Lee's defeat at Gettysburg to enact the Emancipation Proclamation,but only in States that seceded.
Clint. . .you are a little off! South wouldn't have won is incorrect, With MD and DE in the Confederacy, D.C. would be 80 miles into the South! Also, find the Battle of Sharpsburg AKA Antietam aftermath! AL's EP was after that (9-62), Gettysburg was (7-63)!
+scott marquiss I said if Missouri and Kentucky (not to mention Maryland and Delaware)had seceded,the South would've probably won.Slaveholders in these States that remained loyal to the Union thought they would get to keep their slaves.It was a kick in the balls with the 13th Amendment freeing all slaves (except in Indian Territory) for Union loyalist slaveholders.
Yes, and his speech was 2 hours long.
This was so great that the people from the past rebuilt President Washington's home he was our founding father he was our first president and he helped fight a war for all Americans and not let England come and take what wasn't Theirs to begin with and we won so it's a tribute to his accomplishments and preserving his house was great for the people back and that time era and the 18th century to do this and the people today who keep it rebuilt because America has the money to do so I would love to visit it would be a great place to visit
I liked this
(The former Princess Elizabeth) "little cottage" remark. When you are used to living in Buckingham Palace, Sandringham, or Glamis everything else pales by comparison. Most other structures do appear as cottages.
I think most people missed the point of her remark. It was an attempt at a back-handed compliment. The 'compliment' being effectively, oh how nice you American's were able to build this for yourselves. One has to remember that at the time of the Revolutionary victory over the British no, one in Britain expected the people much less this fledgling nation of ours to survive. The fact that it did is still baffling to descendants of some over in Britain.
Trojanette83 I understand the context, and am a Brit. It was still a rather thoughtless remark. This is considered a magnificent place even by people who are quite well-travelled.
Mansion built on manors in England are called cottages and the fact is the Mt. Vernon is a very nice farm house. It is not a castle.
G-D Bless strong patriotic women 🇺🇸
This is wonderful. But it's not good enough to have an education centre on site. The visitors need to come. Education and a national holiday must be reinstated. 😍
I'd prefer a Juneteenth to be a public holiday and a public holiday celebrating Native Americans.
I went to Mount Vernon back in 1985 it's absolutely beautiful and the view of the Potomac river is even more beautiful, I found it interesting that there was a whole separate building where the slaves cooked for the Washington family so if a fire broke out it didn't catch the house on fire!!!!
We were also able to see the Mausoleum where they both are buried on the same property.
Women did this, yet we are tolf women of that generation were oppressed. Perhaps modern femanist should take off their blinders. Women civilize and stablize a society. I am proud of Anne Pamela Cunningham and the ladies. There is truth in the saying the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world. Well done ladies.
If only modern medicine had been available to treat President Washington. Instead, he was tormented with a horrific bleeding device (which is kept at Mt Vernon), and which probably weakened him.
The bright colors used in the mansion were, at the time that President and Lady Washington used them, very expensive to produce and therefore quite the fashion.
It's very sad he died so quickly of a throat infection when our simple antibiotics today, possibly the common Amoxicillin, could have saved him. It must have spread to his heart..
His throat swelled shut - it was a very bad death. Poor man.
@@wendyjones6077 He could have survived if his Doctor's hadn't drained 40% of his blood, which made him weak. Doctor's thought blood letting was the cure for everything in those days.
@@JENDALL714 Yes, I have read that the doctors didn't want to drain more but he mage a gesture insisting that they do it. Poor man. I have seen inflamed tonsils swelling a throat shut lanced on television bringing instant relief with immediat draining. "The latest science" isn't always all its cracked up to be. I hope they gave him enough morphine to knock him out before he suffered too much.
It was probably the blood loss that killed him
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How beautiful!
Hopefully the mount Vernon ladies association can gather enough resources to lurched the unprotected land and build the library and educational center
George Washington so loved his country.
Americans are intensely proud of him and always shall be.
He was the greatest racist slaver America has ever known!
@@stikupartist3698 George Washington was a beautiful man. When you're ready to talk about the prosperous black slave owners and the native American slave owners who had many black and white slaves I'll be here. 😂
@NeTxGrl ah, yes, the prosperous black slave owners. The white man's go-to argument when justifying chattel slavery and indigenous genocide.
@@stikupartist3698 you call it a go to argument but it's a fact. Just like your brethren in Africa were catching and caging their fellow blacks and leaving them in cages along the shore to be picked up. The natives warred and committed genocide amongst each other. MLK was no saint. He was an orgy attending prick (you know he had a sex addiction problem) and he watched women getting raped during the orgies and did nothing about it. Yet we gotta honor him 😀. Are you ready to bring him down?
I live on the west coast and I wish I could visit
You can visit us virtually: www.mountvernon.org/virtualtour
Men: now's not the time!
Women: hold my tea
How many nails did the women drive? How many boards did they cut? How many coats did they paint? How much brush did they clear? How much grass did they mow?
For the 10%blessing from god is Ture .........for everything i do for the American for world 🌎
The song of Mark.💌
One wonders how such a great man could have countenanced the ensalavement of 300 people whom he exploited right up to his death.
One wonders how society can live alongside slavery in today's world. You know where many of the products you buy come from don't you? Slavery has been interwoven into the fabric of mankind. Native Americans had slaves that included black and white people and they've been heavily romanticized. There were prosperous black slave owners. Both those groups supported and found for the south during the civil war. Why cherry pick what slavery upsets you? 2/3 of the slaves on MT Vernon were from Martha's first husband's estate. Neither she nor Washington could free them them under the laws of that time. Not only did Washington free his slaves in his will he left them money that lasted several decades. If you were a wealthy plantation owner back then you would have been a slave owner. History is complicated dude . Just like in 300 years from now our time will be getting ranked over the coals for things we find socially acceptable today.
That's so awesome & crazy that people would let this place disappear especially from George Washington
Mr. Washington was a self-made man to say the least. However, to become the essential man he was, ✨& Miss Martha Dandridge’s care are just as worthy of adulation and reverence. For any mature woman to recognize nobility, she had to be one. Miss Washington was a brilliant woman 🌺
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As a Philadelphian.., Grew up an Constantly exposed to such Great History...Independence Hall, . Liberty Bell.. etc............Our greatest Leader an President.......Washington.............
This makes me wonder how much of the original Mount V actually exists. Sadly it sounds, like many historic sites, not much.
faulltw .....have you been there? I would suggest you go see it and then make your comments.
@@kathychick4340 I don’t think I was being disrespectable. Based on what I have seen it is sad to think there may not be much of the original structure left. I have been to many other historic sites where this was the case. Try Decaf.
no - quite a lot of it was saved
@@MTknitter22 I guess I will have to take your word for it.
Another thing that Princess Elizabeth may not have known about at the time was that the Washington's still owned an, ancestral home (I think) somewhere near Tyne and Wear, England. I've visited England B 4, although I did not go to this place......there is an estate called Sulgrave Mansion / Manor / Estate. This property is purportedly where the Washington's, somewhere back in it's history first, began. If anyone reading this knows any different please, do enlighten me.
Keep up the good work!! I will share this with my daughter and she will be so thankful you all have done such an amazing job!
Thank you for the kind words Alexander, we hope she loves it!
The preservation of every thing was very far sighted
I chose America history over Europe in high school because of George Washington visionary legacy.
Hey!!!! I'm from Boston Mass
I wonder if the doctors had left the President alone if he would have lived.
I've thought the same thing too. I think he could have survived his throat infection. It was all the blood letting. He lost a massive amount of blood. It weakened and dehydrated him to the point of no return. But that was 18th century medicine.
What year was this made?